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Envision Athens is unveiling the draft Action Agenda over four open house session starting next week. The meetings will feature a brief presentation, then attendees are encouraged to read about major outcomes from the process, review the draft action proposals and indicate their priorities. Members from the 38-member steering committee and the planning team will be available to discuss the plans and hear comments.

Members of the community are invited to the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation’s September 2017 Brown Bag Lunch. They’ll learn about the history of confederate monuments in Athens and throughout the nation.

In the wake of the national discussion regarding confederate symbols, the Lyndon House is hosting ‘Confederate Monuments-Context and Controversy.’ University of Georgia Professor Dr. Kela Reason will discuss the history and construction of the monuments and memorials. She will provide context during the informal dialogue.

The study found that most parents do not believe they would accidentally forget a child in the car. Instead, parents thought that the majority of hot car deaths were intentional. Lifestyle factors like low income, were also thought by parents to make others more likely to forget a child in the car.

An Athens man is facing criminal charges for attempting to make a bomb in his apartment.

David Aaron Romine’s apartment at Towne View Place was inspected on Monday morning. Inside the eastside apartment, law enforcement found a metal pipe, electrical components, chemicals, wiring, an alarm clock and a pressure cooker.

The Athens-Clarke County police spokesman said he believes mental health issues may have played a role in Romine attempting to make a bomb.